English 3rd-6th Class

Developing skills of Comprehension

Dundalk hit the right notes to beat Cork City Cork City return to Leeside having failed to register a goal or a point in their opening three league fixtures as Dundalk dispatched their visitors by three goals to nil in a ruthlessly professional manner at a freezing cold on Monday night. In the opening minute Dundalk's Pat Hoban set up Dan Kelly, but he overran the ball and Cork escaped. Cork’s first shot arrived in the 7th minute with skipper Gearoid Morrissey dragging his effort wide. Dundalk responded immediately with Hoban heading straight at Bossin in the Cork goal. The Belgian had to be sharp a minute later as he took the ball off the Loughrea man’s toe following a parry of a low Duffy effort. Hoban tested the netminder once more with a tame header on the quarter hour mark as The Lilywhites dominated the opening exchanges. Their pressure paid off in the 16th minute as a throw in from was knocked back to him by Daniel Kelly, the full back swung over a deep cross and Michael Duffy drove the ball low into the corner of the Cork net to open the scoring.

Dundalk dominated the opening exchanges in the second half with Bossin acrobatically clawing a header out of the top corner within the first five minutes. Dylan McGlade lifted the onslaught by firing over just before the hour mark after breaking free 30 yards out. The respite was brief, however and it took a combined effort from Olowu and Ochieng to deflect a Dan Kelly cross out for a corner after Gannon had evaded the shackles of Ronan Hurley. Cork pushed forward to press their hosts. However, this merely left gaps in their rearguard and Hurley fouled the galloping Dan Kelly in the City box. Pat Hoban converted the penalty high to Bossin’s right to leave it 2-0 on 63 minutes. Two became three within the space of a few minutes as Jordan Flores smashed an effort into the top corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area. The game finished 3-0 to the hosts.

Dundalk: Gary Rogers ; Daniel Cleary , Sean Gannon , Sean Hoare , Darragh Leahy ; Michael Duffy (Lido Lotefa 87) , Jordan Flores (Greg Sloggett 68) , Daniel Kelly , , Cammy Smith (Will Patching 71) ; .

Subs not used: , , , Aaron McCarey. Booked: None. Sent off: None.

Cork City: Liam Bossin ; Ronan Hurley , Joseph Olowu , Joe Redmond , Kyron Stabana ; Dylan McGlade , Alec Byrne , Gearoid Morrissey (Dale Holland 83), Daire O'Connor (Cory Galvin 71) , Henry Ochieng ; Beineon O'Brien Whitmarsh (Cian Murphy 87) .

Subs not used: Mark McNulty, Charlie Fleming, Reyon Dillon, Rob Slevin.

Booked: Beineon O'Brien Whitmarsh (33). Sent off: None.

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Referee: Paul McLoughlin. Attendance: 2243.

Focusing on skills of: (a)Scanning (b) Determining Importance (c)Summarising

English 3rd-6th Class

Recall Questions (Scanning- looking for key words)

1. Name the two teams who played. ______

2. Who won and by how many goals? ______

3. How many people watched the game? ______

4. Who was the referee? ______

Determining Importance (The main ideas of the text)

5. Underline or highlight the five most important pieces of information in the text.

Inference (reading between the lines-there is no wrong answer)

6. In which month of the year was this game played? ______

7. Why do you think this? ______

Summarising (Retelling the most important parts of the text in your own words)

8. Write a short summary of the article on another page. (Use the answers from number 5 to help you)

Extension/Additional Activities

Written- Suggest an alternative title for the piece- Why did you choose this title?

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Oral Work (Incorporating Drama)- Work in pairs to ‘interview’ the winning and losing managers after the game. The questions may also be written down in an extra writing activity

Cross Curricular Linkage- Geography

Locate both teams’ home grounds on a map and trace the route between them- look at all the counties on the route and note any towns or landmarks in each.

Focusing on skills of: (a)Scanning (b) Determining Importance (c)Summarising

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